What is recorded here
Killeens holds a 1.2m upright stone, still standing in pasture after centuries of rain and grazing. Its narrow 0.25m width suggests human choice rather than river chance, yet no name, date or ceremony survives to explain why it was set. Maybe it marked a boundary, a burial or a warning to travellers. The stone continues doing what it was chosen to do: being seen, remembered and left alone.
In pasture. Upright stone measuring 1.2m H; 0.75m x 0.25m. (Walsh 1985, 76, 118, no. 88)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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